Yay Me!

While I was in Sedona being inspired by the magnificent red rock formations, I went to the Activity Center of the resort at which my critique partner and I were staying (don't get excited--I got two nights from a Get Up and Go package I got from my former employer and the upgrade to the resort was for sitting through a 2 1/2 hour time share presentation, which is a subject for a whole 'nother blog). At the Activity Center, I checked my email. Imagine my shock to see an email from Andrea DePasture at New Concepts Publishing telling me she loved my submission Atonement, and wanted to send me a contract.

No, my shock wasn't that she loved it. It's a great story and one that I had a blast writing. My shock was regarding the turnaround time.

Here's how it went: On Saturday 1/7 at around 2 p.m., I sent an email query with a synopsis to Ms. DePasture regarding Atonement. On Sunday early evening, I opened an email from her asking me to send on the manuscript, which I did. Wednesday morning, January 11th, I checked my email and found one that Ms. DePasture sent around 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday the 10th, telling me she loved Atonement and would be delighted to send me a contract.

That's four days almost to the minute from query to acceptance. That's unheard of. Four days.

I was equally delighted to give her my snail mail address for the contract.

Ay carumba. That's seven contracts in five months with three publishers.

Somethin' tells me I'm into somethin' good...!